Damp and Diphtheria

Diphtheria in Connection with Damp and Mould-Fungi

circumstances to the outbreak of diphtheria. I, in that paper, ventured the deduction, that the growth of common moulds, penicillium, aspergillus, and other fungi, might under certain circumstances become infective sources of diphtheria. On the present occasion, I will adduce the whole of the observations which constitute the data from which I now seek to verify that conclusion; and the evidenc...

Mould, damp and the lungs

DAMP signaling in fungal infections and diseases

Fungal infections and diseases predominantly affect patients with deregulated immunity. Compelling experimental and clinical evidence indicate that severe fungal diseases belong to the spectrum of fungus-related inflammatory diseases. Some degree of inflammation is required for protection during the transitional response occurring temporally between the rapid innate and slower adaptive response...

Occupational rhinitis in damp and moldy workplaces.

BACKGROUND Numerous studies confirm the association between exposure to indoor air dampness and molds and different health outcomes. Of these, upper respiratory tract problems are the most commonly reported work-related symptoms in damp indoor environments. The aim of this study was to describe a clinically investigated patient series with occupational rhinitis induced by molds. METHODS Nasal...

Diphtheria

Gentlemen,?I have occasionally heard a man, about to read a paper upon some subject, commence by expressing his sense of his unfitness for the task he has undertaken. I have, I must confess, looked upon this appeal, ad misericordiam, with much suspicion, believing the writer, did he not in his own heart believe himself particularly well-fitted for the work, would not have undertaken it. To-day,...